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A Last Resort When There is No Blood: Experiences and Perceptions of Intraoperative Autotransfusion Among Medical Doctors Deployed to Resource-Limited Settings

BACKGROUND: Four and a half million people die globally every year due to traumatic injuries. One major cause of preventable death is bleeding. Blood for transfusion is often unavailable in resource-limited settings, where a majority of trauma deaths occur. Intraoperative autotransfusion (IAT) has b...

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Autores principales: Sjöholm, Annie, Älgå, Andreas, von Schreeb, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32856098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05749-y